How Federal Agency PR Spending Advances Their Interests Rather Than the Public Interest

Is there a $1.192 million Ad Boss – an ‘executive manager’ position billing out federal agencies for $525.62 per hour?

Is there an $88.26 per hour ‘Intern’ position billing out federal agencies for $183,581 per year? Is the same company billing out their ‘video content producer’ for $273.67 per hour or $569,234 per year?

5. Salaries totaling $2.337 billion and ‘performance bonuses’ totaling $10.929 million flowed to public affairs officers (FY2007-FY2014). The highest bonus was $35,940 to John T. Burklow at Department of Health and Human Services in 2012.

6. Since 2007, PR positions increased in the federal government by 15 percent - an addition of 402 positions – from 2,688 to 3,092. Total PR salary spending by year increased by 22.4 percent despite a long period of freeze and sequester in federal hiring.